Press release | 12 Jan, 2009
Climate change an economic threat, say experts
Climate change an economic threat, say experts
Islamabad, Pakistan, 13 January, 2009 (IUCN) – Climatic changes are likely to intensify the environmental stresses that lead to land degradation, shortfalls in food production, rural poverty and urban unrest. This was…
Press release | 06 Jan, 2009
Logging Called Threat to Krasnodar Reserve
Krasnodar regional authorities are turning a blind eye to a massive, illegal logging project in a nature reserve on the Black Sea, local environmentalists say, in what could be an attempt to open the protected area to commercial tourism.
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and…
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
Proceedings of the World Heritage and Mining Workshop held in Gland, Switzerland, 21-23 September 2000.
Story | 04 Nov, 2008
Sustainable tourism in protected areas : guidelines for planning and management
Eagles, Paul F.J. ; McCool, Stephen F. ; Haynes, Christopher D. Best Practice Guidelines Nº 8
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Tourism and Protected Areas : Benefits Beyond Boundaries
Edited by R Bushell, University of Western Sydney, Australia; P F J Eagles, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Report for WWF prepared by Xavier Font, Janet Cochrane & Richard Tapper
Story | 30 Oct, 2008
Securing protected areas in the face of global change : issues and strategies
Barber, Charles Victor, ed. ; Miller, Kenton R., ed. ; Boness, Melissa, ed.
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Story | 28 Oct, 2008
Guidelines for tourism in Parks and Protected Areas
Publication designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of tourists and the natural and cultural environment.